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http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specificationBlogEngine.NET 1.6.1.6en-UShttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/opml.axdAssociates for Biblical ResearchAssociates For Biblical Research0.0000000.000000Robby Dean on Golgotha: A Reconsideration of the Evidence for the Sites of Jesus’ Crucifixion and BurialIn looking at Fig 3 and the explanation related to it, I was wondering what the significance of the gate found in the Russian church to the east of the Holy Sepulchre was, is this part of the wall going north, and was it an access gate to the city? How does its location figure with the explanation given here?http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_09664dce-d7bd-49fd-891a-c33c5f8f54e2
Robby Deanhttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_09664dce-d7bd-49fd-891a-c33c5f8f54e2Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:40:28 -0500Robby Deanhttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/pingback.axdhttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_09664dce-d7bd-49fd-891a-c33c5f8f54e2http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_09664dce-d7bd-49fd-891a-c33c5f8f54e2#commenthttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/syndication.axd?post=09664dce-d7bd-49fd-891a-c33c5f8f54e2jonathan rowland on Golgotha: A Reconsideration of the Evidence for the Sites of Jesus’ Crucifixion and BurialIs it possible to know the likely age of the quarry, is it one of the quarries associated with producing stone for the temple?http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_b64cdceb-3b9a-470c-9da6-335105119a23
jonathan rowlandhttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_b64cdceb-3b9a-470c-9da6-335105119a23Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:54:23 -0500jonathan rowlandhttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/pingback.axdhttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_b64cdceb-3b9a-470c-9da6-335105119a23http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_b64cdceb-3b9a-470c-9da6-335105119a23#commenthttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/syndication.axd?post=b64cdceb-3b9a-470c-9da6-335105119a23F&#233;lix Ferr&#224; on Golgotha: A Reconsideration of the Evidence for the Sites of Jesus’ Crucifixion and BurialIs there full evidence that before destruction by the fathimide calipha there really was a tomb inside the aedicula? Do we have descriptions that match over the centuries of how it was?http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_834b02ca-74a6-48f8-8161-382ae35463d1
F&#233;lix Ferr&#224;http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_834b02ca-74a6-48f8-8161-382ae35463d1Mon, 31 Jan 2011 23:26:26 -0500F&#233;lix Ferr&#224;http://www.biblearchaeology.org/pingback.axdhttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_834b02ca-74a6-48f8-8161-382ae35463d1http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_834b02ca-74a6-48f8-8161-382ae35463d1#commenthttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/syndication.axd?post=834b02ca-74a6-48f8-8161-382ae35463d1geofrey on Golgotha: A Reconsideration of the Evidence for the Sites of Jesus’ Crucifixion and BurialFirst j would like to know if the quarry were Jesus was buried can be seen .Because j heard one time a pastor was preaching he said that he went to Israel and him,himself entered the tomb were Jesus was buried in Gologoth.That near by there was amoslem woman he asked him that what is this ,the woman replied that ,this is the tomb for Jesus the son of God.http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_45fd4232-7bd2-46c5-a25e-572cd3429c89
geofreyhttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_45fd4232-7bd2-46c5-a25e-572cd3429c89Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:11:34 -0500geofreyhttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/pingback.axdhttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_45fd4232-7bd2-46c5-a25e-572cd3429c89http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_45fd4232-7bd2-46c5-a25e-572cd3429c89#commenthttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/syndication.axd?post=45fd4232-7bd2-46c5-a25e-572cd3429c89ABR on Golgotha: A Reconsideration of the Evidence for the Sites of Jesus’ Crucifixion and BurialDear Geofrey,
Greetings. Thank you for your inquiry about the article on Golgotha. Yes, the quarry by the Chapel of St. Vartan can be visited, but you have to get permission beforehand from the Armenian Patriarchate because that area is under their control. Before you go, however, it would be beneficial to read up on the excavations that were carried out there. It was published by Magen Broshi and Gabriel Barkay in the Israel Exploration Journal, vol. 35, no. 2-3, pages 108-128 and is entitled &quot;Excavations in the Chapel of St. Vartan in the Holy Sepulchre.&quot;
Enjoy your visit.
Gordon Franz
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ABRhttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_70e0134e-0cc0-4ed5-85ab-cd112362dc4cThu, 17 Mar 2011 13:01:14 -0500ABRhttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/pingback.axdhttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_70e0134e-0cc0-4ed5-85ab-cd112362dc4chttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_70e0134e-0cc0-4ed5-85ab-cd112362dc4c#commenthttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/syndication.axd?post=70e0134e-0cc0-4ed5-85ab-cd112362dc4cCharles Michael Lassiter on Golgotha: A Reconsideration of the Evidence for the Sites of Jesus’ Crucifixion and BurialExcellent article,
Thanks for posting!
Michaelhttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_cd0dcef0-55b8-4128-a75e-4cd99adb172a
Charles Michael Lassiterhttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_cd0dcef0-55b8-4128-a75e-4cd99adb172aSun, 08 Jan 2012 02:24:35 -0500Charles Michael Lassiterhttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/pingback.axdhttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_cd0dcef0-55b8-4128-a75e-4cd99adb172ahttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_cd0dcef0-55b8-4128-a75e-4cd99adb172a#commenthttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/syndication.axd?post=cd0dcef0-55b8-4128-a75e-4cd99adb172aBrooke Lyman on Golgotha: A Reconsideration of the Evidence for the Sites of Jesus’ Crucifixion and BurialI am an amateur archaeologist I have worked excavations in Israel, while I lived in Jerusalem for 2 months. I been to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher many times to study the site during my total of three visits to Israel and Jerusalem. The problem that I see with that church being the authentic site of the death, burial and resrrection of Jesus is that the limestone hill they claim as Calvary seems to be too conical in shape to allow spectators of the crucification and Roman soldiers enough room and level areas to stand or sit at foot of the cross as the Gospels claim. The shape of the hill is covered up so it is hard to determine. The alter over the alleged cross hole that held the cross up-right is beneath the alter floor with a small hand hole in the floor, so that pilgrims can touch and feel it, but it is not visible to see. The cross hole (?) is quite shallow and dished out like something used in grinding gain and is not the kind of chiseled hole that would support and secure an upright timber. When I made this observation to our guide, the tour guide told me that the small chiseled hole that can be seen on the left behind the cross hole alter under a glass covering, is the hole that a wood brace was mounted and attached to the cross upright to prop up the cross. This is a phoney explanation!!! Golgotha was a place of execution used by both the Romans for crucifixion and the Jews for stoning. Golgotha means the Place of the Skull, a symbol of death, it does not refer to a hill, just a place of execution. Probably the only place as Jewish law is explicit about cleanliness and filth and I doubt that there were several places of execution where crucified left to rot when unclaimed by family. I have studied and researched the practice of Roman Crucifixion and as you know Roman Crucifixion as fact has been substantiated, but there is not many records that describe in exact detail every aspect of their methodology of it's implementation. There are no artifacts found to support Roman Crucifixion outside of a human skeletal heel bone with a large spike driven through it, that dates to the Roman era. I believe that artifact is kept in an archival vault at Hebrew University. My study and research of Roman Crucifixion and the engineering of anything they constructed, reveals that the Romans were not given to haphazard designs and implementation of contrivances or something with purpose that would be repeatedly used over and over. The Romans would have not wasted time to chisel out a dished cross support hole and brace holes , but would have chiseled out a rectangular hole deep enough to drop a cross upright into causing it to stand free of supports outside of a couple of wooden wedges to tighten up the base of the cross. The Roman Legions were always well staffed with Engineers to accomplish what was needed to be done for whatever purpose. The Sepulcher in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher is in equal peril of proof to be authenic. Romans always chose their places of execution near or next to major roadways, so that a large number of passers by could view executions, namely crucifixions, which would help deter future crimes against the Roman State. The Damascus Road a well traveled road, ran north of the Temple Mount closely to and along the Skull Hill escarpment and what is now called the Garden Tomb. It has been established that after Jesus was judged and scourged and lead to Golgotha, the place called Golgotha was north of Fortress Antonio which was next to the Temple Mount, Mount Moriah and not due west of the of the Temple Mount as is the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. The Skull Hill Cliff escarpment where you find the Garden Tomb is a part of Mount Moriah only separated from the Temple mount by way of what was a large stone quarry, which supplied the stone for the First and Second Temples. There has been claims that there has been a Roman Crucifixion Site discovered within the boundaries of the Garden Tomb Complex. After discovery the excavation was covered over by dirt and rock to preserve it until excavating would be continued. The person who discovered this site died in 1999. In 2005 and 2006, a team of amateur archaeologists tried to rediscover the crufixion site to no avail as the excavation was stopped by the Garden Tomb Association due to controversial events that were irreconcilable. There remains a large area to still be excavated, but the Garden Tomb has lost their confidence in continuing the dig. The timeline of the Garden Tomb has been determined by credible archaeologists in good standing with the Israeli Antiquities Authority, who have verified the site to date back to Christ's time and the Roman Occupation. There are conflicting influences that corrupt past archaeological discoveries, especially Helena, Constantine's mother who was commisioned to find Holy places in Jerusalem by paying rewards for local Jews and Christians to point out the Holy places of Christ in support of the new Roman Religion, Christianity. I believe that if the Garden Tomb were to be excavated by professional degreed scientic archaeologists, there remains the possibly that the once discovered site may be rediscovered. That would be the most important discovery to all of Christianity, but out of that discovery will come contention and adversity from the Roman and Greek othodox Churches as they have a lot to lose from such a discovery, which I think is no reason to stop looking.http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_a293c4c3-e94a-47cf-bb70-20e8a7e2764d
Brooke Lymanhttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_a293c4c3-e94a-47cf-bb70-20e8a7e2764dSun, 21 Apr 2013 16:47:39 -0500Brooke Lymanhttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/pingback.axdhttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_a293c4c3-e94a-47cf-bb70-20e8a7e2764dhttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_a293c4c3-e94a-47cf-bb70-20e8a7e2764d#commenthttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/syndication.axd?post=a293c4c3-e94a-47cf-bb70-20e8a7e2764dF&#233;lix Ferr&#224; on Golgotha: A Reconsideration of the Evidence for the Sites of Jesus’ Crucifixion and BurialThe commentary above is too much impregnated of &quot;a priori&quot; conceptions about the traditional Holy Sepulcher to be seriously considered. All objections are subjective and it is clear that the author wants to warrant his own faith in the Garden Tomb (which by the way is common among Protestants).
In fact, each day there are more and more neutral scientists in favor of the authenticity of the traditional site. Garden tomb is an interesting site for an idea of a rock tomb with no surrounding buildings, but has practically no chance of being the authentic site of Jesus crucifixion at all.http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_ccc47419-3bec-421b-a41a-7cf628b44254
F&#233;lix Ferr&#224;http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_ccc47419-3bec-421b-a41a-7cf628b44254Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:23:49 -0500F&#233;lix Ferr&#224;http://www.biblearchaeology.org/pingback.axdhttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_ccc47419-3bec-421b-a41a-7cf628b44254http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_ccc47419-3bec-421b-a41a-7cf628b44254#commenthttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/syndication.axd?post=ccc47419-3bec-421b-a41a-7cf628b44254Sara Catharine on Golgotha: A Reconsideration of the Evidence for the Sites of Jesus’ Crucifixion and BurialSo what then Felix? Why not let them dig to put the Garden Tomb theory to rest once and for all? To keep the location from, to hazard a pun, resurrecting itself in the future. Brooke presents an argument; you judge and engage in name calling (Protestant- my word!). A dig of a period tomb would certainly be fascinating. Maybe they'll find Jimmy Hoffa. Who knows?http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_c3250b83-f172-4843-9ed9-444024153388
Sara Catharinehttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_c3250b83-f172-4843-9ed9-444024153388Wed, 29 May 2013 13:10:35 -0500Sara Catharinehttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/pingback.axdhttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_c3250b83-f172-4843-9ed9-444024153388http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_c3250b83-f172-4843-9ed9-444024153388#commenthttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/syndication.axd?post=c3250b83-f172-4843-9ed9-444024153388Scott Ess on Golgotha: A Reconsideration of the Evidence for the Sites of Jesus’ Crucifixion and BurialWhy couldn't the gate have been a gate in the temple? Then Jesus would have been crucified on the same spot almost as Isaac almost was by his father Abraham. They both carried the wood. The lamb was provided.. one entangled in a bush thicket, and one wearing the crown. Same spot.. http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_5511fd74-c8dd-4710-a319-2b25c7b8cb34
Scott Esshttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_5511fd74-c8dd-4710-a319-2b25c7b8cb34Fri, 01 Nov 2013 21:12:44 -0500Scott Esshttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/pingback.axdhttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_5511fd74-c8dd-4710-a319-2b25c7b8cb34http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/01/11/Golgotha-A-Reconsideration-of-the-Evidence-for-the-Sites-of-Jesuse28099-Crucifixion-and-Burial.aspx#id_5511fd74-c8dd-4710-a319-2b25c7b8cb34#commenthttp://www.biblearchaeology.org/syndication.axd?post=5511fd74-c8dd-4710-a319-2b25c7b8cb34